unpacked
Example Sentences
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The opinion insists that courts do more than identify a historical cousin to a modern law by examining whether the analogy survives scrutiny once its details are unpacked.
From Slate ● Jun. 26, 2026
“Ups & Downs” is an instrumental with a droning keyboard—perhaps a harmonium—along with a clarinet and clattering percussion that sounds like a drum kit being slowly unpacked from its case.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
“Leave those boxes unpacked and get out of your home. Join a class, walk to a coffee shop or hang out at the library.”
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 22, 2026
But after noticing a "horrendous black stripe" in his lounge within days of moving in, he has still not unpacked for fear damp will damage his belongings.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2025
Following the instructions, which told him to cut here, lift there, and fold back all around, he soon had the tollbooth unpacked and set up on its stand.
From "The Phantom Tollbooth" by Norton Juster
